20th century painting Champsaur Valley (HERVE Jules René)

Biography

HERVE Jules René (1887 / 1981)
HERVE Jules René (1887 / 1981)

Born in Langres (Haute-Marne) in 1887 / Died in Langres in 1981.

Painter of typical scenes, figures, portraits, landscapes.

A student of Fernand Cormon and Jules Adler, Jules René Hervé settled in Paris and began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1910. Jules René Hervé received a silver medal there in 1914 and a gold medal in 1925.


Then Jules René Hervé divides his life between Paris and his hometown, where he paints, with a light brush, expertly in small lively bursts on skillfully distributed grays or ochres, the humble and picturesque events, the portraits of his austere society with its monotonous and hushed existence.

But Jules René Hervé knows just as well how to recreate the lively atmosphere of Parisian life and its monuments or the dancers in the foyer of the Opera - From his finely observed compositions emanate delicate feelings.

Appreciated by French and foreign enthusiasts, Jules René Hervé devoted himself to his art throughout his life - Jules René Hervé is considered "the last of the impressionists"
Museums: Annecy, Calais, Casablanca, Chicago, Dijon, Langres, Luxeuil-Les-Bains, Montreal, New York, Paris, Saint-Étienne, Tourcoing, Troyes.

Literature: Bénézit.

Dictionary of the little masters of painting by Gérald Schurr and Pierre Cabanne - "Jules René Hervé an enchanting master of 20th century painting" by Bernard Masson - "The top of the pavement of Langres" by Gérard Gueniot - The painter and the animal in France in the 19th century by Elisabeth Hardouin-Fugier - Jules René HERVE
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